The Sign of the Covenant^(A)

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord ^(B)appeared to Abram and said to him, ^(C)“I am ^[a]Almighty God; ^(D)walk before Me and be ^(E)blameless.

¹¹ Also God said to him: ^(A)“I am God Almighty. ^(B)Be fruitful and multiply; ^(C)a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.

¹⁴ And may God ^(A)Almighty ^(B)give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. ^(C)If I am bereaved, I am bereaved!”

⁸ The four living creatures, each having ^(A)six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:

³ They sing ^(A)the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the ^(B)Lamb, saying:

⁷ And I heard ^[a]another from the altar saying, “Even so, ^(A)Lord God Almighty, ^(B)true and righteous are Your judgments.”

¹⁴ For they are spirits of demons, ^(A)performing signs, which go out to the kings ^[a]of the earth and of ^(B)the whole world, to gather them to ^(C)the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

¹⁵ Now ^(A)out of His mouth goes a ^[a]sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And ^(B)He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. ^(C)He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.